Re: bug#77769: 30.1; ERC 5.6.0.30.1: How to get pre- v5.6 wrap style behavior?

"J.P." <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi Anark,
>
> Anark Karabey <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> How can I get the erc fill wrap (? I don't even know what that was
>> called) like it was before the erc version 5.6?  The message placement
>> on the channel buffers are broken for me like what even is happening?
>
> The `fill-wrap' module was introduced in 5.6. It's disabled by default,
> so you're almost certainly enabling it somewhere in your config. If you
> want the default fill behavior from 5.5, which is still the default in
> 5.6, ensure `fill-wrap' is absent from `erc-modules' and that
> `erc-fill-function' is set to its default of `erc-fill-variable'.
>
> (BTW, in the future, please include additional configuration info in
> your bug report, like a short init.el snippet or reproduction steps.)
>
>> previously:
>>
>> 1) I could hit C-l and move the ERC> line center of the
>> buffer, bottom, or top
>
> The `fill-wrap' module depends on the `scrolltobottom' module, which has
> always disallowed C-l at the prompt (AFAIK) and is likewise disabled by
> default.
>
>>
>> 2) the messages I write on the ERC> line would wrap to below neatly when
>> they exceed 80 chars or something
>
> I'm not aware of any ERC option that might cause this. If you can
> reproduce it with emacs -Q, please share a recipe. You may want to
> bisect your config if `truncate-lines' is getting turned on somehow.
>
>> now:
>>
>> 1) THE C-l does nothing in channel buffer
>
> With `scrolltobottom' enabled, C-l should still work outside the prompt
> area. For use inside the prompt area, you can try setting
>
>   (setopt erc-scrolltobottom-all 'relaxed)
>
> before connecting.
>
>> 2) the long messages I write goes on and on to the right side of the
>> screen with my cursor following them -- making it very very annoying to
>> write long messages.  Also, the the local logs got broken in their
>> alignments as well with this.
>
> ERC's `log' module is pretty simplistic and mostly saves whatever's in
> the buffer, as is. If `fill-wrap' is enabled, messages in logs should be
> a single line because that's how they're formatted in the buffer.
>
>> I am quite dissatisfied with the changes that were made to v5.6 in these
>> topics and I would like to be able to revert them.
>
> Revert them in the ERC tree for everyone? For that you'd need to rally
> support from others sharing the same opinion. However, seeing as none of
> the behavior you dislike is enabled by default, I doubt you'd get much
> traction.
>
>> I checked erc-news document for 5.6 but couldn't spot useful
>> information for doing so.
>
> FWIW, there's this:
>
>   ** Module 'fill' offers an adaptive style based on 'visual-line-mode'.
>
>   This style dynamically wraps messages to a window's width while
>   mimicking the "hanging indent" look of 'erc-fill-static'. It also
>   provides some movement and editing commands to optionally tame the
>   less familiar aspects of 'visual-line' behavior. An interactive helper
>   called 'erc-fill-wrap-nudge' makes easy work of adjusting the overhang
>   on the fly. Set 'erc-fill-function' to 'erc-fill-wrap' to get started.
>
> And this from the module's doc string (C-f erc-fill-wrap-mode RET):
>
>   `fill-wrap' depends on the global modules `fill', `stamp', `button',
>   and `scrolltobottom'. It activates them as needed when initializing
>   and leaves them enabled when shutting down. To opt out of
>   `scrolltobottom' specifically, disable its minor mode,
>   `erc-scrolltobottom-mode', via `erc-fill-wrap-mode-hook'.
>
> Perhaps we could also mention something about logs being a single line
> when the mode is enabled.
>
> Thanks,
> J.P.

Closing this because there seems to have been some misunderstanding
regarding ERC's default behavior. Clarification was requested without
reply after more than a year. If issues remain, feel free to reopen.
Thanks.